Holster-web and method of weaving the same.



V. H. JENNINGS. HOL TER WBB AND METHOD OP WEAVING THB SAME. APPLIGAUON FILED B13411911 Patented May 20, 1913.

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V. H. JENNINGS. HOLSTER WEB AND METHOD OF WEAVING THE SAME. APPLIGATION FILED PEB, 1911,

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VCTOR H. JENNINGS, 0F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO MILLS WOVEN CARTRIDGE BELT COMPANY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

.HOLSTER-WEB AND METHOD OF VEAVING THEi SAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20, '1913.

Application filed February 8, 191i. Serial No. 607,310.

To all whom 4it may concern Be it known that I, VICTOR H. JeNNiNos, a subject of Great Britain, residing at lNorcester, in the county of Worcester. State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and `useful Improvement in HolsterlVebs, yand Methods of Weaving the Same, of which the following is a. specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyd'rawings. l

llyy invention has relation to the manufacture of pistol holsters, and the like, formed of woven material, and consists in la novel method of weaving holsters, and in the'novel holster-web produced by such method.

Heretofore in weaving pistol holsters a continuous web has been produced, coinpising successively (l) a single-ply section to constitute the flap of a holster, (2) aftubular section of a size to constitute the body-portion of the holster, and (3) a tubu lar section of smaller size to constitute the barrel-portion of the holster, followed by a repetition of the sequence of flap-section, body-section, and barrel-section, and so on indefinitely throughout the lengt-h of the web. Each group of flap-section, body.- section, 'and barrel-section constitutes a holster-unit, so that the web consists of a `succession of units woven end to end, the

component sections of each unit always appearing in the saine order, and the barrel` section of one unit being joined to the flapsection of the next unit. In this method of weaving, a large number of warp-threads Whichare required in the production of the body-portion of a holster-unit but not used vin xthe barrel-portion thereof are floated `alongside the latter, and those which are required in the production of the two-ply 'or tubular body-portion and barrel-portion' but not used in the single-ply flapportion next succeeding are floated over or under the latter, the iioating portions of the threads being `cut away in completing the holsters. A very large proportion o'f waste .of .threads results, increasing materially the cost of manufacture.

.The main objects of the present invention.

Vold method of Weaving holster-webs, and

enable the rate of production to be increased.

According to the invention, the process of weaving is carried on in such a manner that holster-units #are Woven lalternately, reversed, end for end, with portions of the respective units lapping with each other at the respective ends, and all so related that there is a very great reduction in the waste due to floating threads. The holster-web produced by the said method comprises flapsections, body-sections, and barrel-sections, as before, but each flap-section comprises the flap-portions of two consecutive holsterunits, that of' one holster-unit being Woven overlapping with that of the lnext succeeding holster-unit, and each barrel-section comprises the barrel-portions of two consecutive holster-units, that of one unit being woven lapping alongside that of the following unit. ,The continuous holster-web thus fornied is cut up into the several holster-units, and the latter are finished oil in convenient ,mannen In the accompanying drawings,-Figure l is a plan of a part of a holster-Web made in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the same on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3--3r in Fig. 1. F ig. 4 is a perspective view of a complete pistol holster. Fig. 5 is a plan of a part of a holster-web illustrating the production of right-hand holster-units and left-hand ones from one web.

A pistol holster of the type which my invention is employed to produce is shown by Fig. 4. It comprises three main parts, namely a flap A, a body-portion B, and a barrel-portion C These comprise one holster-unit of the holster-web- The lower end of barrel-portionC is finished off by means of a metal endfpiece D, which is fitted thereon and secured by suitable rii'ets. The flap turns down over the body-portion and 'is held closed by means of a ball-and-Socket fastening A, or other conifenient form ot fastening.

I will describe the invention as carried into effect in a loom having two shuttles.

In beginning the description of the method more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, it

will be assumed that .the body-section bof one holster-unit has been woven in the form of a flattened tube consisting of two plies united to each other along the side-edges of the web. The ensuing flap-section a is then woven in plies, af, a, in continuation of the upper and lower plies of said body-section b, but unconnected with eachother along the side-edges of the web. One shuttle'is used. in weaving the upper ply a', its weft-thread interweavlng with the warp-threads of'such ply in formin the latter, and the other 'shuttle is used 1n the weaving of the lower ply a2, its weft-thread interweaving with the warp-threads of such ply in forming the latter. The required length of flap-section havin been produced, a body-section b is produced by tubular weaving, of the re- `quired lengt-h, in continuation of the flapsection a. In weaving eachbody-section the warp and weft-threads are i' terwoven in one of the known ways so as o connect the two plies together alongl the sides of the web, giving the-required tubular formation.

One shuttle may be employed, alone, introducing its weft-thread into the two plies alternatel f, in vwhich case the two plies will be-united the weft along'the'de-edges Aof the web. r the two shuttles may both be sin le shuttle, or separately interweavin their' weft-threads with the warp-threads o the respective plies, in which latter case the uniting of the plies along the sides of the web will beefl'ected by crossing certain-of the warp-'threads from one p'ly to the other. A'Ihe'body-section b having been woven to the required length, a barrel-section c is woven in continuation of body-section b. In weaving this, thev warp-threads and weftthreads are interwovenin'the shape ofvtwo smaller tubes, (JQ-c2, side by side, constituting two barrels. One shuttle is employed in the weaving of one' barrel, asc'its weftof such barrel, and being caused tov interweave alternately with the warp-threads of the upper and lower plies sofasv to connect the said plies along the opposite side-edges ofthe flattened barrel. The other shuttle is employed in weaving thebt-her barrel, c2. Its .weft-thread is ninterwoven alternately with the warp-threads of the upper and lower plies thereof, so as to connect the said plies along `the opposite ,side-edges o f the bairel and ive the latter the required tubu- 'lar form. hen the.widt h of the respective barrels c, c2, is less thanone-,half Vthe width of the body-portions', a space xor' interval d,

' will be left between thetw'o barrels, inI

which the warp-threads of the portion of the width of the web which corresponds with such space are not intefwoven with weft-threads for the length of the barrel- 35 section, and simply float from one bodyemployed, either acting as in the case of the l thread linterweaving with the warp-threads section to the next, between the two barrels c', c2, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. If the width of the res tive barrels is equal to one-half .the wi th of the' body-sections, there will be no space or interval d, and no threads floating as just described. When the'required length of barrel-section c hasV been produced, another body-section, b, is woven in .continuation of .the barrel-section c. When the required length of such bodysection has been produced, with the two plies composing the same united along the side-edges of the web so as to give the re- 'uired tubular formation, the succeedin ap-section, a, is woven in continuation o body-section b2 in two unconnected plies, a', a2, one above the other, as before, followed by a fourth tubular body-section, and so on indefinitely.

In the completed web, as shown by Figs. 1 and 2, the `flap-portions a', a2, one thereof intended to remain connected with'the body section b' as a part of one holster-unit, land the other intendedto remain connected with the body-section b as a, art of the second holster-unit, overlap wit each other, .one lying over the other. Also, the two barrels c', c, one Athereof intended'to remain connected with the body-section bf as a part of the second holster-unit, and the. other'intended to remain connected with the bodyportion b2 as a part of the third holsterunit, lap with each other, one lying along- .side the other. Also,`the flap-portions a', az

one thereof intended to remain connected 100 with-the body-portion b as a part of the third'holster-unit, and the other intended to remain connected withthe body-portion. forming a part of the fourth holster-unit, overla with each other. And so on, 105 throng out the length of the holster-web.l

In cutting apart the holster-units, one ply of flap-section aisA cut through across the web adjacent the body-section b, and Y the other ply of such-section is cut through 110 'across the web adjacent the 'succeeding body-section b. The barrel c' is'cut entirely through, close to its junction with one of the adjacent body-sections, and the barrel c2 is cut entirely through close to its 115 junction with the other ofthe adj a'centbodysections.y `Any .floating warp-threads lbe-A .twecn one body-section and the next also are cut. The relative location ofthe cuts through the two lies of a 4flap-section and 12o of the cuts-throng the two barrels of a bar-- rel sectionwill depend on whether Yrighthand holsters or left-hand .holsters are being produced; If ri ht-hand holsters are beingproduced, the p y a' of nap-section a 125 is cut` through on line X, Figs. 1 and 2, and

the ply a2 is cut through .on ine X,Fig. 2; vthe barrel c" of barrel section c is, cut

through on line Y, Fig. 1, and the barrel cz is cut through on line Y'., This leavesy the 130 sinne result may he Secured by reversing the flap-portion a und the lmrrel o2 ytormented i with the body-portion L. The ply a of ilapeeelion o is out through on a line adjacent the fourth body-portion (not shown), und the ply z2 ot" Surh llupeeclion is cut l through on line "his leaves barre-l fr und the llup-pf.-rtion a ot' llzlp-Sefton o ronnected with the luulv-[iortion und the flap-portion o: ot Suid Hanser-tion conneted with the fourth hodvportion. For the purpose ol' separating lefthund holsterunits from on(` another, the location of the cuts1 niudc through the pliehl of euch llapsection muy he relatively reversed, or the cuts through the barrels of each barrel-section. Thus, the ply a. of flap-section a may he out across on :i line close to body-section l. und ply a2 out across on a line close to hoelvsection I; so to leave flap-portion a2 in conneotion with Body-portion b. Ply a of flap-.section (1.3 vill he cut through close to hody .section 62 and ply a2 of lsuch flapseotion will he out through close to the next succeeding body-section. ThinA will leave Hap-portion a2 of Hap-section a in connec- I tion with body-portion (12. Or, without changing the location of the cuts through the flap-plies from what is shown in Figs. l and 2, the barrel c nuxy he cut through close to hody eotion b2 l.1nd barrel c: eut through close to body-section b. This` will leave barrel e' in connection with body-portion b und barrel y2 in connection with bodyportion b2, and so on.

Fig. 5 illuntrates the locution of the cuts in case it is desired to produce right-hund holsteruinits und left-*hand holstenunits in alternating succefasion from u single holsterweb. Thel full lince X5, X7, indicate where the upper pliw of the tlapeeetions are cul i through, and the dotted lines X", XS, inl di ate where the underplies ot the Suid sec [l tions ure cui through. The barrels are out on lines Y, Y. v

Vuriou,l spor-,inl teinture muy he added in practice in connection with the tiup-sortions, the hodywseetione. and the lmrrel-sect'ions,f without affecting the spirit of the invention, i which voncerns more particularly the genv j eral principles involved in Weaving the i holsterinits in alternating order, with p0rtions thereof lapping.

lThe detuile4 of the weaving, the dimensions of the holster-web and the ho1sterunite, and the method of finishing off the units after they have been cut apart, may vary ar.- cording to requirements.

Having thus fully described my invenu tion, what I claim .fis new and desire to secure hy Letters Patentof the United States, 1s:-

l.. The improved method of weaving holster-units, consisting in weaving two barrel-portions opposed and eide by side, then Weaving a body-portion, then Weaving two tiap-portions opposed, then Weaving ai, second body-portion, and then weaving two barrel-portions opposed and so on.

2. The improved method of Weaving holster-units, consisting in Weaving them alternately reversed, end for end, with flapportions overlapping each other, Weaving body-portions intermediate such flap-portions and the barrel-portions, and Weaving the said barrel-portions lapping side oy side.

3. The improved method of Weaving holster-units, consieting in weaving dan sections in overlapping plies unconnected along their edges, :i tubular body-portion, ba-rrelortions' lying side by side, and a tubular orly-portion, and repeating the sequence in the order named.

4. The improved method of weaving holster-units, consisting in weaving two flap-portions Simultaneously, then weaving a body-portion separately, then weaving two ,barrel-portions simultaneously, then Weaving a hm yportion separately, and so on inr continued succession.

5. A continuous Woven fabric or weh oonstituting a series of holster-units each comprising it Hap, '.1 body, and a. barrel, the units alternating end for end, With the flaps of adjacent units overlapping' and the barrels lying side by side.

6. AY eonlinuouey woven fabric or weh comprising flap-Sections in loverlapping plies, unconnected along their edges, a tubular body-portion, barrel-portions Side hy side, and a tubular body-portion, in rweat ed succession 'in the order named.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in presence of two witness'esx.

VIC'IOR ll. JENNNGS. 'Witnessee FRANK R. BATCURLDER, JOHN L. PImwomoA-Q'r. 

